Bag-holder.



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BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DBG.9,1907.

Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

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WARREN L. HERRIOK, OF SKYLAND, CALIFORNIA.

B AG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

Application filed December 9, 1907. Serial No. 405,735.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VARREN L. I-IERRIGK, citizen of the United States, residing at Skyland, in the county of Santa Cruz and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is an improved device for holding bags, sacks and the like, in such position that they may be readily filled and that the waste during the filling operation will be reduced to a minimum. And a further object of the invention is a bag holder which is automatically adjusted to accommodate bags of different lengths.

WVith this and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bag holder. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a similar view taken at right angles to that in Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

The frame 1, in which a sack is designed to be supported in my improved bag holder, is preferably mounted on a base plate 2 and embodies a bottom 3 which is fastened to the middle portion of the said base plate 2. The two sides 4 of the frame are secured to the base plate 2 contiguous to two opposite sides of the bottom 3 and are held substantially in a vertical position by braces 5.

A plurality of hooks 6 are provided on the inner faces of the sides 1 near the upper ends thereof and are designed to be engaged with the upper portion or rim of the bag to support it in the frame 1 and to hold the mouth of said bag in open position. These hooks 6 are formed at their upper ends with loops 7 to render them more easily manipulated, and are secured below the loops 7 to one end of cords 8 which pass loosely through openings 9 formed in the respective sides 4. The said cords extend downwardly along the outer faces of the sides and are secured at their other ends to two or more Weights 10 l which are thereby held suspended in pockets 11 formed on the respective outer faces of said sides as shown.

A funnel 12 normally rests on the upper edges of the sides t and is arranged to receive the grain or the like and guide it with a minimum waste into the open mouth of a bag supported in the frame 1. In some instances it will be more convenient to have the front of the funnel 12 broken away as indicated in Fig. 1. The said funnel is hingedly connected to one of the sides A to swing about a horizontal axis and is thus adapted to be turned back out of operative position as may be desired during the attachment or detachment of a bag to or from the frame 1. Cleats 13 are secured to one side of the funnel and are arranged to abut against the outer face of the corresponding side 4 of the frame when the funnel is in an inoperative position, thereby preventing the funnel from interfering with the cords 8.

In the practical operation of my improved bag holder, the funnel is swung back out of operative position, a bag is put in the frame and the hooks are engaged with the rim thereof to hold the bag suspended in the frame with its mouth in open position. The funnel is returned to operative position and the grain is fed into such funnel. In cases where the bag is not as high as the sides of the frame, the weight of the grain first led into the bag counterbalances the weights 10 and causes the cords 8 to travel through the openings 9 to automatically lower the hooks 6 until the bottom of the bag rests on the bottom 3 of the frame.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be readily seen that I have provided a simple, durable and eflicient construction of bag holder, in which the bag-sustaining hooks yield downwardly to permit bags of different lengths to rest on the bottom of the frame during the operation of filling such bags, thereby relieving the rims thereof from undue strain.

Having thus described the invention,what I claim is:

1. A sack holder comprising a frame consisting of a bottom, and upwardly disposed spaced sides, said sides being formed with openings extending therethrough, cords traveling loosely through the respective openings and having their outer ends weighted, and hooks secured to the other ends of the cords and normally held against the opposing faces of the sides, said hooks being de signed to be engaged with a sack to yieldingly support the latter within the frame.

2. A sack holder comprising a frame consisting of a bottom and upwardly disposed spaced sides, said sides being formed with openings extending therethrough, cords traveling loosely through the respective openings and having their outer ends weighted,ho0ks secured to the other ends of the cords and normally held against the opposing faces of the sides, said hooks being designed to be engaged with a sack and being formed above their connection with the cords, with hand loops to permit the hooks to be more conveniently manipulated.

3. A sack holder comprising a frame e1nbodying sides, said sides being formed at their upper ends with openings extending therethrough, and being formed in their outer faces with pockets in vertical alinement with the respective openings, weights mounted within the pockets, cords traveling loosely through the respective openings and secured at one end to the weights, and hooks secured to the other end. of the cords and arranged for engagement with a sack to yieldingly support the latter within the frame.

4:. A sack holder comprising a frame embodying spaced sides, said sides being formed with openings extending therethrough, cords traveling loosely through the respective openings and having their outer ends weighted, hooks secured to the other ends of the cords, a funnel mounted at the upper end of the frame and hinged to one of the sides thereof, and cleats provided at such end of the funnel and arranged to abutagainstthe outer face of the corresponding side of the frame when the funnel is swung into an inoperative position, whereby to prevent the funnel from interfering with the cords.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l VARREN L. HERRICK. [Ls] lVitnesses GEORGE ANNA FLAGG, FRED vV. HAnRIss. 

